"All possibilities are
latent, dormant, and all those possibilities of composition are hidden for
us to discover. This Act of mimicking Creation leaves an imprint, a shadow
called matter.”

Angelo Candalepas

Angelo Candalepas (Director) was born in Sydney and graduated from the
University of Technology, Sydney in 1992. As an apprentice architect, he
assisted Colin Madigan at EMTB (Edwards Madigan
Torzillo Briggs), the architects of the National Gallery and the High
Court of Australia. As a graduate Angelo worked at Jahn Associates under the
guidance of Graham Jahn and between 1993-4 he was an associate of the firm.
In 1994 he commenced his own practice in architecture, and in this first
year of practice won an international competition for housing in “The Point”
Pyrmont. This project is the recipient of several awards. Between 1994 and
1999 Angelo won and was shortlisted in numerous international competitions,
including those for the National Museum of Australia, the College of Fine
Arts in Paddington, the former ACI site, and the Bathurst St
commercial/residential tower.

In 1999 Angelo established Angelo Candalepas and Associates Pty Limited.
Under his leadership the company has won a significant number of awards
which include the Sulman Medal for Architectural Excellence (2009) for the
All Saints Primary School, and architecture awards for Pindari, Randwick; 61
York St, Sydney; Lamia, Marrickville; the Messy House; the Cullen Aalhuizen
House, and numerous others. Angelo was requested to present 61 York Street
to an international jury in Barcelona in 2008 where the project was
shortlisted for an award in the World Architecture Festival. The same was
the case for All Saints in 2010.

Angelo’s work has been widely published in national and international
journals and books and he has written many articles in national architecture
journals. The work of the company has been exhibited both internationally
(Barcelona, Venice, New York, Moscow, Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur) and
locally (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra).

Angelo has taught and lectured at various Universities in Australia
including the University of Technology, Sydney, the University of Tasmania,
The University of Sydney, The University of Queensland, the University of
Newcastle, the Australian National University and has spoken at various
National Architecture Conferences in Australia on his work such as the RAIA
National Conference in 2000 in Sydney and then in 2007 in Melbourne.

In 2003, Angelo was appointed Visiting Professor of Architecture at the
University of New South Wales and since then has taught/examined in
architectural design and theory for the final year Master of Architecture
course. In 2008 Angelo was recognized as one of New South Wales’ most
influential people by the Sydney Morning Herald, for his work as an
architect. He sits on panels such as the Religious Property Advisory Panel
of the Heritage Office of NSW, the Barangaroo Design Excellence Panel which
is chaired by former Prime Minister Paul Keating and the Council of Sydney
Design Excellence Panel for the development of the Commonwealth Bank
Building in Martin Place.

Angelo Candalepas graduated from the University of Technology, Sydney in
1992. He runs a practice of around 20 people in Sydney and is Adjunct
Professor of Architecture at the University of New South Wales. Since
commencing Candalepas Associates in 1999, the practice has been involved in
the design and construction of institutional, university, schools,
commercial, aged care, residential and interior design projects as well as
large-scale projects of master-planning and town-making.

The practice is the recipient of over 20 industry awards and competition
placements. He has won first place in many architecture competitions and
short-listings such as the Pyrmont Architecture Competition, the Bathurst
Street Architecture Competition, the St Basils’ Homes competition and shor-listings
in the National Museum Competition, the ACI site competition, College of
Fine Arts Competition and Clarence Street Competition. His work is
extensively published in both books and journals.

He is a frequent writer in architecture journals and his essays on industry
practices have been published in Architecture Review Australia and
Architecture Australia. He is the recipient of two prestigious scholarships
for travel, one from the Greek Government in 1991 and the other from the NSW
Board of Architects in 2005. He has sat on many juries for competitions in
Sydney. His work has been exhibited in many joint exhibitions after
competitions and on an invited basis. His practice is a multi-disciplinary
practice focused on the materiality of site.